Site Visit is only available for overseas participants and accompanying persons who have made their RSVP during the online registration process.
However, since the number of capacity for each tours are limited, seats are available on a first come, first serve basis. The detailed guidelines will be individually announced in March.

Korea University (KU) was founded in 1905 and is widely acknowledged as the top private university in Korea. Its reputation for quality is based on excellence in teaching, research and service to Korean society. Eminent faculty, outstanding students and internationally recognized research programs all contribute to the University’s public profile as an International leader in higher education. KU’s campus facilities are also unique with their stately stone architecture, sprawling manicured lawns, seasonal trees and natural flora. KU is known to have one of the most easily accessible and beautiful campuses in Korea. korea University students come from the top four percent of students in the country and are among the nations brightest and most promising. With a strong sense of pride in the university, students are a very socially conscious group making for an active, intellectually stimulating and friendly campus atmosphere.
Last December, in commemorating 90th Anniversary of KU Medicine, announced its new mission and vision to lead the future of medicine, unveiling a blueprint for futuristic hospitals and selecting 10 leading technologies to advance the future of medicine. As one of the top medical institutions in the nation, KU Medicine is striving ifself in medical education and research development by renovating the medical curriculum and its environment. Having College of Medicine for undergraduate medical education, Graduate Schools in Medicine, Public Health and Dentistry for advanced graduate/post-graduate studies and main teaching hospital, KU Anam Hospital are also placed with specialized research centers in the medical campus..

The Yonsei University College of Medicine was first founded in 1885 by an American missionary named Horace N. Allen, who was serving as the official medical doctor for the American diplomatic delegation which had recently established its consulate in Korea. When traditional Korean medicine could not could cure Min’s wound, Allen intervened and saved the young nobleman. This incident earned Allen the trust of King Kojong, the ruling king of Korea and the rest of the palace. Later, when King Kojong asked Allen what he wished to have, Allen requested a hospital where he could practice modern medicine. As a result, the King credit Allen and Severance Hospital for introducing both modern medicine and protestant Christianity to Korea. This first modern medical institution also served as the Korea’s first medical school. The name of Chejungwon was later changed to “Severance Hospital” when Dr. Oliver Avison, the fourth director of the hospital, traveled to the U.S. and convinced a U.S. entrepreneur, Louis Severance, to donate funds to establish Korea’s first modern hospital building. Louis Severance donated 10,000 US dollars in 1904, which contributed to the establishment of the new hospital and the old Severance Hospital was located near the Seoul Train Station.

Shortly after the Korean War, in 1957, Severance and Yeonhui College (Chosun Christian College in English) merged to become Yonsei University, which is a combination of the first syllables of the two institutions’ names. And Severance Hospital and the college of medicine moved to current place, of Sinchon. Since the graduation of first medical doctors in 1907, Yonsei has been one of the best medical school of Korea in education, as well as in health care services and biomedical researches.

For example, in 2004, Yonsei reorganized its medical education curriculum into a long-term and system-centered system, in line with the paradigm shift in global medical education. The school also introduced a new comprehensive approach to education, with a stronger focus on performance, research, and students. The educational innovations continued and in 2014, outcome based evaluation system (compared to relative evaluation system) was introduced, with the expectations of student-centered, outcome-based, research-oriented and integrated (SORI) medical education. The leaderships of school are ever committed to education in medical education research, administrations, and mobilising professors.

By changing the relative evaluation system into an absolute evaluation system, Yonsei University College of Medicine sought to create a more cooperative atmosphere for students, rather than competition, and also introduced a developmental test to test students’ growth. In addition, to create a new culture that encourages learning, we institutionalized a learning community and provided steady mentoring from professors for a more self-reflective learning culture.

To foster transformational leadership in students, we have developed and implemented a performance-based curriculum, and offer a six-year curriculum that focuses on strengthening students’ research skills so they can become excellent medical scientists. We also have a curriculum on humanities and social medicine, which is a well-balanced combination of medicine, medical practice, and liberal arts.

We also have a systematic program on teaching and development to help our instructors grow their educational capacity. And, in the Department of Medicine, we have created a full-time educational curriculum based on residential college (RC), and have activated various non-major classes to cultivate creativity and flexible thinking in students.

As mentioned above, Yonsei University College of Medicine has continuously worked to learn and apply the latest trends in medical education, and we will always strive to become a leader in medical education in Korea and around the world.

Site Visit-3 | College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea Tour: April. 10 (Wed), 13:30 ~ 17:30

ITINERARY

Grand Walkerhill Seoul ⟶ College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea ⟶ Grand Walkerhill Seoul

CONDITIONS

Shuttle Bus (Round trip)

Tour program in English

1 bottled water & welcome gift, brochures

DESCRIPTION

College of Medicine of the Catholic University of Korea is the best medical educational institution in Korea which has over 65 years of history and more than 1,300 faculty members with a highly advanced educational environment. Based on the philosophy of Catholicism, we are providing our students with a broad range of education and training across basic medicine and clinical medicine so that they can grow into medical talents who have respect for life.

In particular, students are encouraged to grow into talents that even have liberal arts and cultural knowledge required by the times in addition to a profound understanding on holistic care as Catholicism is spread across the entire curriculum as the guiding spirit.

Theory is connected to practice to produce competent medical professionals by having various facilities such as START Medical Simulation Center which is complete with structures and equipment of a real hospital setting, Team-Based-Learning lecture rooms, and Institute of Applied Anatomy which is located in an independent building.

Our ‘Omnibus Omnia’ curriculum for medical students is expected to contribute to national and social development as our students will grow into ‘doctors with a noble sense of calling, competency and leadership’ who have respect for life and can practice holistic care.

Our medical college has 8 affiliated hospitals including Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital and the largest medical network in Korea. Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital which is the flagship hospital, provides world-class medical services and operates 1,369 hospital beds, 43 clinical departments and 25 specialized centers. In addition, it has achieved remarkable clinical and research performances based on 80 years of medical expertise, such as the first corneal transplant, liver transplant, hematopoietic stem cell transplant and small intestine transplant in Korea. It maintains world-class safe environment for treatment through continuous JCI accreditations.

Site Visit-4 | Seoul National University College of Medicine Tour: April. 10 (Wed), 13:30 ~ 18:00

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Grand Warkerhill Seoul → Seoul National University College of Medicine→ Seoul National University Hospital → Grand Warkerhill Seoul

CONDITIONS

English speaking guide’s assistance

Pick-up service by shuttle Bus

1 bottle water and welcome gift included

DESCRIPTION

Korea’s history of advancing modern medicine coincides with the history of Seoul National University College of Medicine (SNUCM). Established in 1899 as Korea's first modern institution for medical education, SNUCM has been highly instrumental in laying the foundation for Korea’s modern medicine built upon the philosophy of Ji Seok-yeong, Korea’s founding father of modern medicine as well as its first principal. Taking pride in shouldering the grave responsibility of bearing the future of Korea’s medicine, SNUCM is spearheading the advancement of Korea’s medicine.

SNUCM boasts today 520 dedicated professors who have an outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching and medical research. With over 2,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs, SNUCM offers the exceptional education and training under the mission of nurturing competent healthcare providers and scientists who will play a pivotal role in healthcare and medical research not just in Korea but also across the globe in the future. SNUCM thus strives to cultivate a new generation of international healthcare providers with a solid educational foundation based on empathy and communication, securing a vibrant future for the healthcare industry.

At SNUCM, the foundational education on medicine is reinforced by character growth, leadership skills, and altruistic principles. Through such efforts, we strive to develop the proper clinical skills in our students to correctly diagnose and treat patients, as well as developing researchers and medical scientists to fight the diseases that ail humanity. SNUCM continues to support the advancement of medical science and technology by encouraging communication and collaboration across all the various departments. We believe that this philosophy will be the engine that drives the future of the global health.

SNUCM is also devoted to providing the highest standard of medical treatment and research in all fields of medical science, as well as the public contribution to improve global healthcare and the future of Korea. And we are now about to leap towards the world-class medical research and educational center fitted out with a miscellany of capabilities to continue to blaze new trails as a global leader in the field of medicine based on fundamental basic science, cutting-edge clinical research, and multidisciplinary biomedical collaboration.